Molding-machine.



c. F. HolKINs. MOLDING MACHINE. APPLIoATxoN FILED JULY '31. 1912.

Patented Feb. 25, 19l3.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WITNESS-5 G. F. HOPKINS.

' MOLDING MACHINE.

APPLIGATIQN FILED JULY 31,1912.

Ptented Feb. 25, 1913.

fsf/misses YZ whom it muy conce/m:

Be it humm that CHARLES F. HCPKINS,

a sizen of the United States, and res-- x dem; of hiiadelpba, in the county of venton. 3

'hadelpl'a and State Gf nennsylvania, 8,1:

have invented Cert 111 new' and usfu Im- 9 pi'ovemens in /odng-yachines, of which This born;

he foovfng is a Speccaton.

""xe principal object of ih@ present n- 19 veuts is to avoid hancbmmmng and handdl'awng and to provide Wthou splitting the pf ern and machining he jcin'ts, a comiriexpnive spt pattern thawith a powa* molding ma- Sfu molds Wfhut r- Gn xe pam'o he Qperaor. nfenon will De amed at he su@ u 'W lsf "e desbefl in. Sonne@- .kh what Abelieve io De the best, mgh imi; ihrs mjy, embodiment thereof, which embomeut have lustrate in the accompanying' drawings, in whichm a .so

Figure l, is an elsva'tona View, part-y head 01th@ scr-aw, me scm of. means in sentan, lustratng parts nf a molding for ajustng the sLoo's and 'Hw jam nuts i6 so maehine embodying features of the invenaor d meam fm* :etai i g adjustmens. T P. 23 'is 2. top o plan View of a'box it W bean f1 in mesi, il? no arder to e@ which "1C/ut ms Sling and which replaces or al, cases it tha j )ace of tha-ordinaryspitpatternor make the mln 1 binre, er vibzaor plate. Fig. 3., s a may be n n View the box: shown in Fic' 9 machines 7 LL mind u); "11; 35

3G fop or .ith #as filing' inphwe. Fig. 4, is a maar; @n the Eine #1W-'LQ of sectwna i." me line or plan uf Z with LT bei; :mal W Y l n, ses- Pzus im -O ioua View on the line S- of "Y, and used.

` z 1 view simm to Fig. 2, lustratl Figs of mais an their i-hmbes.

, wings l is a pntern Garriga? Supl may be the vbmtm frame, in ispuwjed with a vbrster 3,

' fh@ fh'n'f' 'Y lf3 the heard. The piston the par-'ts in mspeet 2nd the pistons und z frame and The A ecu w the. part l. AH a1" *well und-fersiood and lefer t0 use he power a scw squeezer, bui' .thereof and pleser, in which ease both i" e ies-ieee.

which are complemental and coniioi the parting of the two ports of the mold. box and the cope or (1mg 2l, as the corse may be, are detachahiy eonnectedloy pins pessing thi-ough suitable hoies, e. by lflask guides. As shown the pins 22, are atieched to kh/e. box, and since they constituted the goies when ihe fillings of the boxes Weie mede, propel' alinemeni is insued. r"he box, is mounted on or conneced with the Suppen and in the making oir molds the machine is operated in the ordinary kay. Evidently hoi-h boxes may contain only pl :n which case both boxes would he 'lil-ie eig. '7 differing only in he fono of that oost o Jthe patternA which is effective in respec io the parting line; or otherwise stoiefi. one hoi; would be like that shown in Fig. 7 emi i-he oiher like ihetshown in Fig. 5, but with all perfs 1Ihere shown constructed oi' falesie?, oi* both may contain the pattern of: petizione oxes would he like Fig. 5, except that the eheoe of the 'puit of .the pattez'n effeeiive iespect o die pix-Filing lineL would be diifereii. The depth of ihe vbox should be fixed with regard to he Work in hand, so that in prec- Jcioe the. boxes are or may be of ilifei'eii depths. n C051 sequence of this it is ciesii eole o provide for elining ith-e Heek frame 5 with the peri-ing surface or top of ifhe h K when the paris are in humming, squeezing, ox" jarring position; for his puepose mijnsimeme are -povicled and the screws :mii-

lock-fiuts 24 intel-posed hei-,Ween the puit, 3, and the part E25 which is reise-d ioy pison C, are examples of such edjusimei'zis.

lt will be obvious o ihose skiileci iii the art to which my invention Telf/lies that moif fic-ations may he made in detail, hence cio not desire to limit my invention infime? youd the parting, and lask guide-pins ai nected Wiih the peterii box, in Collini-di tinciion to any part.l of the moldingzmeoidiie,v

whereby the proper position of sai-:i pez-t osi the. pattern in respect to ihe pine 'to oiher part of Jshe pattern is insiireii :md mainioined.

2. lio e molding machine' the eomilnfition of epzliiernA carrier, e fissi( frame, menne for moving: the ceri-ier and from@ 'm re',- spee't to ech'oi'heio draw a pei-tem, means for moving; oie cerifie emi ieme egether to ramyzi. peem hex containing o fiiing of which fece eonmur controls the parting and ihe poet of ih-e petem that-extends beyond the'pe'ting, o bottom for' the box, filling reiaining means et the top edge of the box, and Beek guideA pins coimecbe Wiih fhe patjernhox, contro-distinction@ any part of the moling machine, whereby the proper position of seiprt of che pattern in respect i'o the 'pins and io the other peri; oi ihe pntiem is insiiieaf emi maintained.

To e moiing mec-hina the combination of e pofei'n carrier, a iask frame, means for moving the carrier and fxeme in respect to each oher io draw e poterli, means for moving ihe earrierend frame togeher io mm, :i peiern hoi; containing lling of which the fece contour contras the parting and the pmt of the peein that extends beyond ihe netting, a heli flask seated on 1 'L ,foe iop oi he box and adopted to be lifted heref'om by the fiesi frame, and flask ,guide pins connected with. the petern box, in comiii-distinction to any peut o the -niolilihjgmaehioe, Wheieby the proper position'o seid part of ihe pattern in respect 'to the pins and' o the other park of the pair tem ins-used and. meimaioe.

li. e. moifiingg machine having in combi mation e 'peto/ern cerie? suppoi'; und o box suppozie seiai support ami having e boizom 'aoided wih himhies and contemiiig iiiiing of @basierend siools Working ihfoug'li -he ihimbies :md provided with wooded (ms, substeulieiiy es fieserihed.

A moizieg machine having: in eomhiimion ai. peefii Gefrier support ende box suppoted by saif support sind .having e: loot tom piovie Wih thimbies and containing e .filling of plesef and stools Woikmg through zhe thimhes and provided with have hei'eimo 

